when did lamar county start a technical college or was this an attempt to get funding for one? i think we are doing just fine with Gordon. let griffin and thomaston keep the tech. shcools. Good Decision Board, Barnesville didnt nor doesnt need a school like this. Plus who the heck would want to attend a school named LCCCA. we got a hard enough time keeping up LCCH.

I'm pretty sure this was a Charter High School, and as a taxpayer I am VERY GLAD it failed to get the grant since we would not only be funding a regular public school but another school for those that want the quasi-private school experience while letting the public foot the bill for their kid.

As a taxpayer, you should become more educated on what this was about. It was to be a school within the school to offer vocational programs for kids that would give Lamar Co a better prepared work force for those that don't go on to college or are more technical school material. I think it would save taxpayers in the long run and help the county to have more productive and prepared citizens who will be working here.

What is wrong with you? Traditional colleges are not for everyone. Just because you choose a Technical School over a "College" does not make you a loser or lacking in ambition. In fact, there are many programs at Technical Schools that will prepare you for higher paying jobs right out of school than traditional colleges. When is the last time you had to call a plumber, electrician or heating and airconditioner technician. These are honorable professions that pay well. We should be trying to prepare all students for the future -- everyone will benefit from that.

What is wrong with the people in this county? Why is it that you don't want to see everyone have a chance to excel? No wonder this county can't attract good businesses that pay well. There is so much ill will and negative thought that it drowns out anything positive about Lamar County. Remember, you reap what you sow.

You are dead right, technical colleges provide important education options and their grads can in many cases make as much or more than a college grad. Nothing wrong with tech schools and I support them completely.

So with the schools already there in Griffin and Thomaston for any student that will just do the bare minimum and graduate from high school, why should we pay for a high school based tech school that will not be nearly as effective or carry as much weight as a technical school? It is a pure waste of money.

I don't know enough about this school to know if it was a good/bad idea, I am addressing the no college=no ambition comment. What college teaches auto mechanics, heating & air and like trades that teach advanced skills to people who in turn keep you from living in a cold house or walking everywhere you go? Oh, I guess you learned how to do all these things in your college classes and repair everything yourself!!!

So you are saying that the Charter school within a school would cost NO MORE TAXPAYER MONEY? Why would they need a +3 million dollar grant then?

As for tech schools. Isn't there a tech school in Griffin and another one in Thomaston that teaches vocational subjects? What happened to the shop classes that used to be part of Lamar Co. HS? What is wrong with those non-college students graduating high school and then going to Tech School, College, etc. like everyone at other schools?

Of has anyone considered that kids that would be put into this program would be then on track for a vocational job. What if they later decide to try college, maybe becoming a bit more mature and doing better in school? Well then it will be too late with their vocational degree.

Too bad this didn't go through, would have been a good thing for Lamar Co. kids who aren't college material to move them towards a useful vocation. It's a shame that you can make more selling drugs than working an honest job.

Also agree. Set this up as a private school type education. If you don't pay for it, you don't get it. This is designed to "propel children forward". But what it will be used for is to help those "special kids" that can't quite keep up with everyone else. It's stupid to see our tax money going to this same thing again. We waste enough money on educating those that don't want to be educated. I hope Lamar County drops this program all together. Though I know that wont happen. After I refuse to pay this "Fire/EMS Fee" bill I got, I'll put the new "Educator Fee" bill with it when the powers to be create it.

I wanted Lamar County to get this grant so bad, until I spent two days in the high school. Half of the kids here don't care about anything, and it is a shame. All I heard as I walked through the hallways were students talking about getting into the Crow's nest and getting drunk and having sex. Maybe if the students in Lamar County wanted an education, this grant would be effective for the whole community. Unfortunately, the building this grant would fund would end up a mess and destroyed by the ungrateful and uncaring students. For the students who are interested in the opportunity they could've had if LCCHS was given this grant, I suggest becoming Dual enrolled at Gordon, or Southern Cresent. Lamar County Comprehensive High School is a joke. I spoke to a senior whom is in all Advance Placement Classes, and she could not even write a grammatically correct paper. I am going to school to be a teacher, and this just discourages me and disappoints me. Hopefully one day parents and teachers will take responsibility for the youth, and do something to get their failing students help.

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12/12/10 at 03:39 PM

In response to your comment, I say "Don't go" to school to be a teacher because you are not what we need. You seem to have no faith in your local school system, the teachers, or the students. We don't need more teachers who are negative and just ridicule the kids and the public school system. Check your own grammar before throwing off on a high school student!

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